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Association between a vasopressin receptor AVPR1A promoter region microsatellite and eating behavior measured by a self-report questionnaire (Eating Attitudes Test) in a family-based study of a nonclinical population.
The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Dec 2004
Bachner-Melman Rachel, Zohar Ada H, Elizur Yoel, Nemanov Lubov, Gritsenko Inga, Konis Daphnie, Ebstein Richard P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Considerable evidence including twin and family studies suggests that biologic determinants interact with cultural cues in the etiology of anorexia and bulimia nervosa. A gene that makes "biologic sense" in contributing susceptibility to these disorders, and to our knowledge not previously investigated for this phenotype, is the vasopressin receptor (AVPR1A), which we have tested for association with...
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